On 10/03/2020 12:15, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:22:58 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> Some people actually make step UP buck converters for single cell LIPO
>> but they may be more expensive
>>
>> https://www.dimensionengineering.com/products/lvboost
>>
>> But TBH running with two cell LIPO packs is pretty good - they are
>> cheap, available and reliable. And they don't stress even an analogue
>> regulator on a heatsink too hard.
>>
> Yes I was thinking I'd go that way even though a decent balancing LiPo
> charger isn't necessarily cheap, it would get other uses: I'm thinking of
> having a crack at free flight scale models of early jets with EDF in the
> nacelles - think He 162, ME 262 or a Canberra. I know Ivan Taylor well
> and have seen his earlier EDF models fly, though I haven't seen his TSR2
> yet.
>
Got my 8 foot wingspan old timer ready to finish off sometime...

> However, the Pimoroni PowerBoost 1000 Charger is exactly what I want.
>
>
Yes. It's made for the purpose isn't it?


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